FNUS74 KOUN 291341 FWSOUN SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG BELLY WOMAN...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 841 AM CDT MON MAR 29 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL INCREASE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY INTO THURSDAY... AS A CHANGE IN THE PREVAILING WEATHER PATTERN RESULTS IN MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS AND INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE GREATEST EACH AFTERNOON FROM WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA... BUT WILDFIRE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE AIR WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY THROUGH MIDWEEK DESPITE THE INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. BY LATE WEEK... LOW- LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG EARLY-SPRING STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EASTER SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-7100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 17 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 67 71 72 70 60 RH..............45 30 26 24 25 41 20 FT WIND......S 13 S 15 S 16 S 16 S 15 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 4900 6800 6600 4200 1300 MIX HGT (M).....670 1490 2070 2010 1280 400 TRANSPORT WIND..S 18 S 18 S 20 S 23 S 25 S 18 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8 S 8 S 9 S 10 S 11 S 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2100-3100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GALLANT REQUESTED BY...NATHAN LILLIE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100329.BIGBE.01/OUN